Grats Glitch:

[Mardur]

I was almost tempted to go download a ROM but these games are just way too easy. Not really any point to replay when you can just roflstomp your way through willy nilly.

[Glitch]

Pick a Pokémon game, play it like this:

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...ocke_Challenge

The most basic Nuzlocke rules, as they were first introduced, are as follows:
Any Pokémon that faints is considered dead, and must be released.
The player may only catch the first Pokémon encountered in each area, and none else. If the first Pokémon encountered faints or flees, there are no second chances.

[Mardur]

The problem is that those rules really sap the fun out of the game, especially that second one. If trainers were just a bit more difficult and didn't always have shitty AI the games would be much more entertaining.

The AI thing is the biggest problem considering Pokemon is a game built around startegy. Unfortunately the trainers were coded to just randomly pick whatever move each round, when the player is prescient of the basic mechanics of the game like weaknesses. Considering almost every trainer in the game uses 1 or 2 types of pokemon exclusively, it's so easily exploitable. And it's not realistic, no human player uses 2 Staryu 3 Starmie and a Squirtle. And even if a Trainer has a Tentacruel out and a Golem as backup, he won't switch if you bring out a Jolteon.

[visage]

Originally Posted by Mardur [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The problem is that those rules really sap the fun out of the game, especially that second one. If trainers were just a bit more difficult and didn't always have shitty AI the games would be much more entertaining.

The AI thing is the biggest problem considering Pokemon is a game built around startegy. Unfortunately the trainers were coded to just randomly pick whatever move each round, when the player is prescient of the basic mechanics of the game like weaknesses. Considering almost every trainer in the game uses 1 or 2 types of pokemon exclusively, it's so easily exploitable. And it's not realistic, no human player uses 2 Staryu 3 Starmie and a Squirtle. And even if a Trainer has a Tentacruel out and a Golem as backup, he won't switch if you bring out a Jolteon.

It's a roleplaying game for 10 year olds. Your suppose to be a complete moron when playijng. Or roleplay one. Clearly the best pokemon line up is 6 metapods.

[Casey]

Neat, I recently got back into this series after an almost ten hear hiatus.

The battle mechanics and online capability of this game are far superior to anything like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, etc.

Anyone can get into this game and beat the single player mode, but very few actually understand the competitive aspects.

For example, you can just spam attacks with your starter pokemon and outlevel all of your encounters.

However, playing against other people is a different story entirely. Take this thread for example : http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85403

If you understood any of that shit, congratulations you might be decent at pokemon. As for me, I feel woozy and need to lay down after reading a few sentences of that.

[visage]

Pokemon was cool for the first 150 pokemon. After that all the pokemon were very unoriginal and stupid looking. It's like the GOD of Everquest the mob names IJIJIJIJiJJKER hunter.... LOL original 150 will always be OG shit like EQ classic , after that it is so fail its ridiculous.

[Mardur]

Originally Posted by Casey [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Neat, I recently got back into this series after an almost ten hear hiatus.

The battle mechanics and online capability of this game are far superior to anything like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, etc.

Anyone can get into this game and beat the single player mode, but very few actually understand the competitive aspects.

For example, you can just spam attacks with your starter pokemon and outlevel all of your encounters.

However, playing against other people is a different story entirely. Take this thread for example : http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85403

If you understood any of that shit, congratulations you might be decent at pokemon. As for me, I feel woozy and need to lay down after reading a few sentences of that.

Yeah, I understand the complexity of the game. That's why I wish the game was more difficult outside of online battle simulators. If you don't give a shit about stuff like IVs/EVs and basic moveset strategies with certain pokemon, you can still destroy the game without even trying. If you do know/understand/care about that stuff, the game is funnies.

You don't need something like a Baton Pass Dragon Dance setup in the game because you can kill everything by spamming charmander's ember.

[jarshale]

Originally Posted by Casey [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

However, playing against other people is a different story entirely. Take this thread for example : http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85403

If you understood any of that shit, congratulations you might be decent at pokemon. As for me, I feel woozy and need to lay down after reading a few sentences of that.

what the fuck is this

[Casey]

If you could wander around in Final Fantasy and recruit 649 different party members and battle them against other people online, it might hold a candle to the pokemon series.

That link I mentioned above is only one of the complex aspects of this game. The deeper you go, the more you find out that you probably don't have the mental capacity to be a competitive pokemon player.

[Casey]

Also, I completely agree that the original pokemon are superior.

That's why I only use the original types and work with what I have. Its pretty fun smashing the new types with your old school teams.